Written by Tom Davis, The Faithful Servant is an exploration of what drives people to try and be better than they really are:

Frederick is trying to get his daughter, Caroline, to take up the leadership of the medical NGO he founded. Caroline refuses. It is just as important to do good in Australia as among the poor nations of the world, she says, although the real reasons for her refusal seem far more personal. Meanwhile, a Mozambique-based manager, Pereira, is trying to transform the NGO into an evangelical Christian institution. As Frederick slides into sickness and death, he begins to go back and forth in his mind between the past and present, Australia and Mozambique, Caroline and Pereira. He might have failed to be a ‘good’ man, but we gradually see why Frederick kept returning to the struggle, even as it extracted terrible costs. What does it means to be ‘good’?

FIRST SEENis The Street’s season of performance works on the journey from conception to full production. It offers a unique insight into new play scripts from ACT writers as works in progress. First Seen is a vital part of our planning for future years as we seek to bring original and diverse Canberra stories to the stage. 2015 brings three works connected through intercultural content, global themes, and political and social issues of currency.